Tag Archives: Local Governments

It’s been almost 6 years since we addressed this question originally. In that time, the popularity of text messaging (“texting”) has skyrocketed while awareness that text messages (“texts”) are potentially government records has increased very little. Here we go again! The definition of a government record in Texas is media neutral. A record is defined…

In July, some staff were fortunate enough to attend the annual NAGARA Conference in Boise, ID. One of the sessions we attended was a presentation by Holly Dolan, Assistant Manager of Records Management for Denton County. We were very impressed by the presentation and the work Denton County has done for improving outreach and promoting…

Last year, we were invited to participate in the Juvenile Records Advisory Committee (JRAC), a group composed of prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, court staff, probation officials, and others who are experts in the field of law, especially focused on juveniles in the court system. Our goal was to rewrite Chapter 58 of Texas Family Code,…

The clean up and rebuild in the areas affected by Harvey is just beginning and will be a long and hard process. A big part of getting things back to some sense of normalcy will be the restoration of utilities, fixing roads, opening courts and schools, and many other state and local government services that…

@TSLAC @TexasDIR Registration is now open for the 2017 e-Records Conference. Be sure to visit the conference website to REGISTER and to read more about the exciting lineup and exhibitors. We know budgets are tight. So, we have lowered the price! Get a full day of training and networking for only $50. Seating is limited…

As part of our effort to maintain up-to-date local government records retention schedules, we are currently working to update Local Schedule SD: Records of Public School Districts. We will be presenting a draft to our Commission at a meeting later this year to begin the Local Schedule approval process, but before we begin the official…

We were recently asked by a state agency records manager for some questions that they could pass along to other agency staff (including non-records specialists) to arm them with important considerations to make before they request a new record series. You may or may not know that part of our job as analysts is to…

Admittedly, I wasn’t initially excited about attending the annual National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators (NAGARA) conference in Boise, ID. That’s partially because attending conferences requires a lot of energy, and I had only been to one NAGARA conference before which was in my own backyard here in Austin. The destination for this…